Jrue Holiday thinks the Connecticut Sun need to become the ‘Boston Sun’

“The way that they sold to this crowd was awesome. The way that the city showed up for them was awesome.”

Two Celtics stars were in attendance when the Connecticut Sun hosted the Los Angeles Sparks in TD Garden’s first WNBA game at the end of August — Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday.

In a recent interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg, Holiday recounted the experience, saying, “The Connecticut Sun, in my opinion, need to be the Boston Sun.”

“The way that they sold to this crowd was awesome. The way that the city showed up for them was awesome,” Holiday said. “It was similar to how they showed up for us. So, going and watching this game was really cool.”

Despite falling short of making the WNBA Finals, the team proved they have a strong fanbase that is only growing after their 69-61 win over the Sparks in August. A sold-out crowd of more than 19,000 fans attended that game at TD Garden. The Sun usually play home games in front of a significantly smaller crowd at Mohegan Sun Arena, which has a capacity of around 10,000 seats.

Holiday’s comments came after talks of whether Boston could be a viable market for an expansion team considering its large sports scene. The WNBA is adding three new teams, with teams in Portland, Toronto, and Golden State set to join the league in the next two years.

Ray Pineault, the president and CEO of Mohegan (who owns the Sun), said he doesn’t want the WNBA to expand to Boston, though.

“I don’t want another WNBA franchise in Boston,” Pineault told Bookies.com. “As the league grows, we’re going to continue to see growth. We get Massachusetts and Rhode Island fans who come to our games now. I wouldn’t be a big fan of having a Boston team.”

The Celtics guard also discussed how special it was to bring his daughter to the game to see WNBA athletes in action.

“She usually watches us,” said Holiday, “but watching girls that look like her is, in my opinion, kind of cool.”